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Between 2015 and 2019, Upturn found almost 50,000 instances of police using mobile device forensic tools (MDFTs). The report’s authors argue the tools provide information about people’s lives far beyond the scope of any investigation, and few police departments limit how or when they can be used.
Read Upturn‘s original report here: Mass Extraction: The Widespread Power of U.S. Law Enforcement to Search Mobile Phones